Japanese symbol for “nam”

全米製造業者協会

ぜんべいせいぞうぎょうしゃきょうかい

Romaji: zenbeiseizougyoushakyoukai

National Association of Manufacturers; NAM

In Japanese, nam is 全米製造業者協会, read ぜんべいせいぞうぎょうしゃきょうかい (zenbeiseizougyoushakyoukai).

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Meanings

n National Association of Manufacturers; NAM

Kanji and stroke order

全

whole, entire, all

on: ゼン
kun: まった.く、すべ.て

6 strokes · JLPT 2

米

rice, USA, metre

on: ベイ、マイ、メエトル
kun: こめ、よね

6 strokes · JLPT 2

製

made in..., manufacture

on: セイ

14 strokes · JLPT 2

造

create, make, structure

on: ゾウ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り

10 strokes · JLPT 2

業

business, vocation, arts

on: ギョウ、ゴウ
kun: わざ

13 strokes · JLPT 3

者

someone, person

on: シャ
kun: もの

8 strokes · JLPT 3

協

co-, cooperation

on: キョウ

8 strokes · JLPT 2

会

meeting, meet, party

on: カイ、エ
kun: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる

6 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
全部	ぜんぶ zenbu	all; entire; whole
全員	ぜんいん zen'in	all members; all hands; everyone
安全	あんぜん anzen	safety; security
完全	かんぜん kanzen	perfect; complete
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country
全体	ぜんたい zentai	whole; entirety
米国	べいこく beikoku	(United States of) America; USA; US
新米	しんまい shinmai	new rice; first rice crop of the year
製品	せいひん seihin	manufactured goods; finished goods; product
構造	こうぞう kouzou	structure; construction; makeup
企業	きぎょう kigyou	enterprise; business; company
患者	かんじゃ kanja	patient
協力	きょうりょく kyouryoku	cooperation; collaboration; help
会社	かいしゃ kaisha	company; corporation; firm

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.